万人受けしないバンドが25年メンバーも変わらずコンスタントにCD出して、CDが売れなくなった時代にまだ1万枚売ってトップ10入りするの凄い 90、00、10、20年代でトップ10入り果たしたアーティスト一覧見てるとDIRだけなんか異質なんだよな

Video begins with a conversation between two figures, the observer and fictional character from Sherlock Holmes' older brother, Mycroft Holmes. The observer asked Mycroft for his opinion about the controversial figure of John Wayne Gacy (a psychopath, serial killer, and sex criminal in the US, nicknamed "Killer Clown"). He was executed by injection. Of course, this conversation is impossible, especially apart from fictional and non-fiction characters. Mycroft lived in an earlier era (1893-1908) than Gacy (1942-1994). The observer (i think this is Kyo perspective) asked Mycroft to pretend he was Gacy so that the conversation would be more intense. Mycroft is known to be smarter and has more rational-deductive abilities than his younger brother, Detective Sherlock. Mycroft agree, by the symbol at minute 01:33 (the clown) and the number 8213, referring to the title of Gacy's home horror film (released in 2010). The observer asks by showing his thoughts. The figure of a small child is depicted with many symbols of trauma, social isolation, and fear. In my opinion, the pink color (Baker Miller) shows the symbol that makes the child grow up and remain comfortable with this 'abnormal' situation. (clip at 02:37). What's interesting is that the big devil's head that appeared in his room had been changing into the form of an adult man (perhaps his father, who was the first to traumatize him). This means he sees humans in general as demons even sometime he missed to have normal life (look at image of child walks with his father). we know that Kyo is great at writing with multi-layered metaphorical qualities. In fact, he often insert many separate symbols that must be read macro-wise and sew the context threads together so that they are connected to each other. Even though in simple terms this song might explain that a child's upbringing in childhood determines how he grows as a human being, in my opinion, this song cannot be separated from the big theme of Dir en Grey's criticism of humanism as they have been doing so far: how humans can carry out a series of crimes, manipulation, and damage on earth. Humanism was killed by humans themselves. Dir en Grey for me rejects the definition that humans should be good creatures, but the complexity, the chaos of human identity to sometimes be good and sometimes be evil, that is the definition of what humans should be. This life is a burden because it is not easy to be a good human being (we are surrounded by an environment and society that is full of rot). Sometime, monsters don't come from somewhere; they are born by humans or cycle of Karma. they're born by agony, injustice, trauma, pain, ego, anger, attachment, etc. Anytime we can be a monster, or create someone into monster. The Devil in Me

@mitimitimitimitimitimiti

25 күн бұрын

最高のコメント

@user-el6gv2qc2q

25 күн бұрын

Oui c'est tout à fait comme cela que je ressens les paroles de kyo, au début je m'imprègne de la musique, j'essaie de ressentir les paroles même si je ne les comprends pas puis je lis les traductions et là révélation tout correspond. Ça fait 23 ans maintenant que je vis et ressens dir en grey de cette façon et le bonus est quand je vais les voir en concert.

@AnaPaula-gk6mj

25 күн бұрын

nice interpretation, good to read

@michaelstone2950

6 күн бұрын

I interpreted the music video differently. I saw it as an observer talking to an AI. First they have the AI acting as Mycroft to talk about Gacy, and learning of them through the lens of the fictional genius. Then, they have the AI act as Gacy himself. to speak directly to him. When he asks to see inside the "AI Gacy's" mind, it generates AI images for the Observer, and that's what we're seeing in the video. At times, the AI-Gacy also speaks to the observer as a deep faked Gacy mugshot.

「誰が産んだ？」という歌詞が胸に響く。ジョンゲイシーだってシリアルキラーになりたくて生まれてきたわけではないはずだ。父親から人格否定を浴びせられ続けたこと、愛情を注がれなかったことは少なくとも彼が多重人格＆シリアルキラーとなった原因の一つだと思う。虐待について、そして子を持つことの責任について深く考えさせられる一曲。

@yoshimasa7778

16 күн бұрын

ジェニファーロペス主演の 「CELL」 っていう映画面白いですよ😀

日本はポジティブで売れ線なアーティストが好きな人が多いせいか周りに進めてもあまり興味を持ってくれる日本人の友達はいないがここまでダークでセンスがありカッコいいバンドは海外にもいない唯一の存在だと思う

Can I just say the use of Baker Miller pink is fucking genius and if anybody knows the history behind that color, you know why it’s so genius the color itself has such a dark history If you are a crime enthusiast, please look up Baker Miller, pink, and the studies done on it and I think that really adds a great element to this video

@kitsune6701

26 күн бұрын

Das ist ein sehr interessanter Fakt. Danke!

@MystressofStars

26 күн бұрын

@@kitsune6701 you’re welcome. The color has been historically used to help sedate, mental patience or lessen the aggression in inmates so a lot of prisons and mental health facilities. Will sometimes use this color because it’s been studied and it has a tranquilizing effect on the brain.

@kitsune6701

26 күн бұрын

@@MystressofStars thankyou

@charlotterockel-kennedy8913

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for the information, I never knew that.

@katimaric6892

25 күн бұрын

@@MystressofStars Thanks for the Info. Thats indeed a whole another level to the video.

薫さんワイルドでめっちゃカッコいい、、、

この重く遅くどっしりした感じ、最高過ぎる。Phenomenonとかベルゼバブとかこう言う訳分かんない曲マジで好き。

I spoke too soon about the use of AI in this video. I didn't realize it would be integral to the story like this. What a cool idea - someone using a bot to try to truly visit a killer's heart and mind. I like that it even showed one scene being rendered. Incredibly effective. It reminds me of concept behind The Cell with a relevant modern take.

@firstlast-wg2on

8 күн бұрын

The style in The Cell is a PERFECT comparison, and such a forgotten gem. The movie itself obviously suffered in a lot of ways, but visually it had a lot that I think needed to be re-explored.

キャリアを重ねてくごとに歌詞の絶望度が高まっていく稀有なバンド

after this MV, I thought again that hell, heaven, and purgatory - all this already exists here and now in this world... An amazing deep idea and cool creative work. This is very extraordinary, serious, and after that something remains in the soul, like a dagger in the heart... 🖤

86歳です、興奮して心臓がドキドキしています

@user-ow7ku5kv4s

27 күн бұрын

しばらくしてもつづくなら病院行った方がいいかも。

@user-ct4qd5je2i

27 күн бұрын

川の飲みすぎだと思います

@user-th1yi1bb7r

27 күн бұрын

お大事に

@motomoto6351

27 күн бұрын

本当に86歳で、この曲聴いて興奮してるのなら、気持ちはかなりお若いと思います。 きっと将来認知症にはならないかと。

@nonrimi443

27 күн бұрын

Dirはまりすぎだろジィジ

もはや芸術だなこれは。

私は Dir en Grey を 20 年前から知っていますが、彼らの芸術的なスタイルを賞賛しており、決して失望することはありません。

@user-nq6ix6tn7h

9 күн бұрын

Yes，I love dir en grey very much❤

高校生の時に出会い早25年… 未だイントロが流れるとなんとも言えない熱さが身体中を走るのがわかる

DIR EN GREYの代わりはいない。圧倒的な唯一無二の日本のロックバンド。 誰も勝てねぇって😌

The machine replicated the infernal mind of John Wayne Gacy and I think the use of the color pink refers to Gacy's childhood/teenage years when he was physically and verbally abused by his father. I found the MV's concept quite interesting!

@crown_clown

26 күн бұрын

Someone commented that its the Baker Miller pink which helps reduce aggression and tension

@chaotic_geisha

26 күн бұрын

@@crown_clown Yes, I read about the story behind this color, it's quite interesting and it makes a lot of sense that it was inserted into the MV.

来たぁ！新曲来た。早く聴きたかったので。DIR EN GREYは永遠に生きてるぞ。 永遠にDIR EN GREYだ。もう最高至高です。

🔥🔥🙌 A masterpiece, Dir en grey always showing us extraordinary work,👏👏👏 guys you are legends. Thank you for your incredible work.💖 Have a wonderful concert, ♥️♥️♥️ I love you so much Dir En Grey 🔥🥁🎸🎤👿🙌

Someone has been watching a lot of true crime I see.

@rrkov10

27 күн бұрын

Indonesia?

@eleonorakonovalova6061

27 күн бұрын

And reels

@victoriam2464

25 күн бұрын

And Barbie 😂

@ShallowDepression

4 күн бұрын

Or SKYND videos.

DIR EN GREY、かっこよすぎて歌い方、パフォーマンス、ライブ姿、全てがかっこいい👏京さんを超えるボーカリストはいないと思う。

今回のPVのこのピンクと紫の雰囲気、異世界っぽくて凄い好き。目がチカチカしそう。

ちゃんと現代独特の空気感をアーティスティックに取り入れながら核がぶれてないの本当にかっこいい

DIR EN GREYはアルバムごとに変化しているのが本当にすごい。 このシングルを聴いて、次のアルバムも今までとは違うものが来そうだと感じた。

The effects in this video are so trippy!! Thanks Dir En Grey for still sticking together after all these years and still making great music.

@vulgartongueband

26 күн бұрын

I heard it is AI, which is cool. We use AI too for our videos.

@32-bitcloud

26 күн бұрын

@@vulgartongueband Indeed, ai is very good at making strange looking visuals. lol

京さんのビジュは勿論だけどこんなに放出型の薫見たの久しぶりな気がして痺れる

やべぇー！今回も狂気的かつかっこよすぎる、、、！！ そしてまさかシリアルキラーのジョンゲイシーが出てくるとは思わなかった、、、！

歌詞見たあとに聴くとサビで京が泣きながら歌ってるみたいに感じてエモすぎる。 ここ最近で1番好きな曲になった。

I love how they did not only go new ways exploring AI, but specifically addressing its use and the implications thereof in the video. I will forever remain fascinated by this band.

@gruetzchan

27 күн бұрын

how do you think they do? i mean specifically adress it in the video? i also felt like there was heavy use of AI, but I failed to see a certain message behind it?

@caterpie911

27 күн бұрын

@@gruetzchan I mean clearly the imagery is AI-generated, but as part of the story. The video clearly shows a user prompting ChatGPT to first just tell him information but then act like the actual killer himself. One might only wonder where such possibilities can lead.

@zanzaklaus

27 күн бұрын

​@@gruetzchan Just read the prompts written in the video and you'll understand. 😊

@_R4nd0m.

27 күн бұрын

"They" did it first in the last Sukekiyo MV

@caterpie911

27 күн бұрын

@@_R4nd0m. And Otogi

今回もスルメ曲だろうから繰り返し聴いていつの間にかお気に入りになってるんだろうなと思ってたけど、1発でかっこいいって思った

もうDIR EN GREYの世界観はいつ見ても度肝を抜かれるし心が洗われる。

Dirの新曲が出たときの高揚感は何にも変えられませんね！ 最高！！が更新されてく～

映像を見て自分の中の悪魔の意味がわかった いつも他のアーティストが表現できない部分を伝えてくれて本当に尊敬✨

i never thought i would get Dir En Grey going back to The Marrow Of A Bone days. i love it. 👌

@holomorph5448

27 күн бұрын

Marrow is so underrated, that album is awesome.

@kitsunegiblaze8022

26 күн бұрын

To be quite honest, I think Marrow was the least interesting album. It had some real shiners on it though. The Pledge & Namamekashiki Ansouku were fantastic songs. The single versions of Clever Sleazoid & Ryoujoku no Ame were better than the Marrow versions. And Agitated Screams Of Maggots was ok I guess. But Uroboros, Dum Spiro Spero and Arche were when they started to get better. I like the balance of "pretty music with gruesome grotesque music." Or stuff that is really emotional like Footsteps In The Lonely Valley. Very pretty but sad.

@holomorph5448

26 күн бұрын

@@kitsunegiblaze8022 I agree, Uroboros through Arche is definitely their best work to date, but I feel like I see a lot of people write Marrow off completely. Though maybe I’m a little biased because I discovered them when Withering came out in the US so Marrow was the first album I was hyped for the release of lol.

@kitsunegiblaze8022

26 күн бұрын

@@holomorph5448 -- I got into them in 2003, kinda by accident, because of a website called "Project-J" which was where I first heard the song "Cage" -- then later I found "Centigrade-J" a completely different website, which hosted english translations of Diru songs done by Brian "Boo" Stewart who would later go on to create the Purple Sky magazines. (One of the first english print magazines about J-Rock). I remember downloading a ton of Diru songs because I was really fascinated with their music style, it was like... partly Visual Kei, partly chunky Nu Metal. I definitely do remember when Withering to Death first became available in the USA through Hot Topic, via the western label Warcon Records. While I do love Withering to Death, later albums such as Uroboros and Dum Spiro Spero and Arche completely outclass it. Marrow was... decent in some parts, I really preferred the sadder prettier kind of songs over the muddy "Sludge Metal" type stuff. Their older material from Vulgar and Kisou was a lot more straightforward Rock / Metal stuff. There wasn't quite as much of a "Progressive Rock" influence back then, but it was still great stuff. Nowadays I would say Dir en grey is right up there with Deftones and Dredg. Very experimental kind of music. Very "risk taking." Very "who cares whether or not people will like it, let's just do it our way and see what happens."

@mana_beast_beats1114

26 күн бұрын

@@holomorph5448 -- Marrow just felt too "sludge metal" except for the really pretty sad songs like The Pledge and Namamekashiki Ansouku... their early stuff going back to Kisou and Vulgar was like a crossbreed between Industrial and Nu Metal, so that was really appealing to me. Withering to Death was their big break in the USA because they were able to sign with Warcon and have WtD re-released in American stores like Hot Topic and Fye. And of course, Diru being a guest band on the Family Values Tour certainly helped them get a foot in the door. Go back and listen to the earlier albums like Kisou and Vulgar, they had a very edgy, very rocky sound back then too, but on Uroboros and DSS and Arche, they really leaned in on the Progressive Rock stuff, with very long songs that have multiple tempo changes. And oh my gawd, the Unraveling EP was amazing. The remakes of The Final and Kasumi and Macabre were simply wonderful.

これ初めて聴いた頃は暗いし絶望感が強いと感じていたが、だんだん自分の中に馴染んできている気がする。 「この感覚は自分だけじゃないんだ」みたいな安らぎというか癒しに近い感覚がある。 それと実際自分自身の中にあった陰鬱の素が具現化されているような気もする。

荘厳なまでに邪悪な曲。パステルピンクが内臓のようで、グロテスク。かっこいい。

@kaa-shi4024

25 күн бұрын

英語でもコメントされていらっしゃる方が居ますけど、ベイカーミラーピンクを調べてみて。

浦安鉄筋家族のOP歌ってた頃とはまーったく違うバンドに進化したけど、カッコイイよホントに 尊敬する

表面上では見えない "何か"がたしかに此処にある ミディアムテンポで癖になる 何故か聴く度に違った曲にも聴こえます

最初は正直微妙かと思ったけどPV見ながら聴くとめっちゃ良いな❤ サイコーだなdirは😂 やっぱり聞けば聴くほど好きになっていくのがdir en greyの曲だな😂

@kitsune6701

26 күн бұрын

Das ist so interessant, denn so geht es allen dir ich kenne auch, wenn sie neue Lieder von Dir En Grey hören. Ich nenne es den Dir Effekt. 😂

@Ryouki1206

26 күн бұрын

@@kitsune6701 at least speak english plz

海の映像が、厳しかった父親との唯一の楽しい思い出みたいなもんかな

Love the aesthetics! I think the concept is inspired by “The cell” movie! They go inside a murderer’s mind and depicts very dope landscapes like the ones in the MV. I think they’re trying to re create the same but going inside John Wayne’s mind. Obsessed with that movie and now obsessed with the MV! ❤

最初聴いた時訳分からなかったけど日を置いて2度目聴いてみたら結構クセになる感じで聴き心地のいい曲だと分かった笑

I’m no Holmesian scholar so I had to refresh my memory on the character of Mycroft Holmes and his character is essential to understanding the concept of the MV. For anyone unfamiliar, the character Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes’ older brother, has greater powers of deduction and is more intelligent than Sherlock. However he’s unambitious, lazy, and so cynical he founded a social club for cynics named for the Greek philosopher who founded cynicism as a school of thought. As described in one SH story, “He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right. Again and again I have taken a problem to him, and have received an explanation which has afterwards proved to be the correct one. And yet he was absolutely incapable of working out the practical points”. The character is also a pivotal figure in the British government in an omniscient capacity. Given that context it seems like the MV is about the human mind in relation to the internet and technology, the character of Mycroft Holmes embodying the nature of it. The mind of Mycroft Holmes works much like AI, both advanced and lazy simultaneously, so chaT GPT aptly named. I think the connection between an omniscient government figure essential to all operations, the internet, and violence, depravity, pedophilia, etc is particularly interesting. How AI influences policy, what policymakers are entrenched in, internet conspiracy theories. Also, I love this song so much and have been listening to it nonstop.

@bboyekos

27 күн бұрын

Best explanation thus far

@Iloveliquidgoo

27 күн бұрын

@@bboyekosit seems like so many people are triggered by AI and JWG but I think that’s the point. We can’t talk about the internet without talking about divisiveness and people having strong opinions that can often cloud judgement.

@bboyekos

27 күн бұрын

@Iloveliquidgoo I completely agree. There's people I work with that get defensive when I say anything about A.I. I think it's wonderful DEG finds ways to discuss/cover topics that are big within the world while creating amazing pieces of art that incorporate somewhat hidden, complex, but interesting ways of looking at it

@sentiell1

27 күн бұрын

Interesting version. I think this can lead to the idea of how AI, which for us now is more of a tool for obtaining information (Mycroft) and entertainment (the clown), could easily turn out to be a maniac.

@Iloveliquidgoo

27 күн бұрын

Went further down the rabbit hole- “The devil in me” may be referencing the 2019 book by physicist Paul Davies The Demon In The Machine. From a review in The Guardian, “One fashionable approach now in biology is to suppose that these laws have something to do with “information”. In the age of mechanical inventions, it was thought that animals were like marvellous clockwork machines, and the entire universe was a sort of fabulous Meccano construction designed by God. Now we are in the information age, it seems obvious to us that the human brain - even, in some theorists’ view, the cosmos as a whole - must be a computer, and that information itself somehow underlies reality. The conceptual problem here is that the idea of “information” makes sense only in the context of an observer for whom something out there, in the indiscriminate jumble of the world, counts as information. Before life exists, there cannot be any such thing as information.” Which would explain what the Observer means.

京さんのグロウル、歳を重ねるごとに深くなっている。毎度低音のあのゴボゴボと湧き上がるような声を聴くと安心してニヤケてしまう

まさかのジョン・ゲイシー･･･

@jaredstevens6645

27 күн бұрын

Ed ✅ John ✅ Bundy 🔲

@user-he7tx9hc9p

27 күн бұрын

アンドレイ・チカチーロもおりましたし･･･

来た！来た！カッコイイ!!ディルは進化してくバンド。期待より更にカッコイイ曲を届けてくれる！

待ってました♡

待ってましたァ...

なんだ、コレ…すげえぇえ…最新が常にかっこいい

これだけ長く活動してきてもまだ新しく変化し続けるのはすごい インサレのときのように自虐的な歌詩が衝撃

待ちに待ったほんと…😭

ライブ前に見れて良かったです！！！

ライブ楽しみすぎる❗

めっちゃ最高です！！！！！

AIの独特の動きによる不気味の谷現象を上手く表現法として落とし込んでるな

マジ最高‼️ 心がつき刺される

最高すぎます！ あと予感入ってるのはエグすぎます神😭

25年やっててまだ進化し続ける最凶のバンド

めっちゃ最高な曲ですありがとう❤

京さんの登場の仕方カッコいい

今回のPVもかなりかっこいい‼️ 特にジャケットもすごくセンスがいい…

ありがとうございます！！！！！

何度も聞いてしまう心地よさ、とても聞きやすい

マジでカッコイイ

すんげえぇ💭かっこよい。毎度、新たな表現で楽しませてくれる

いつも通り最高❤

感性が鋭すぎて本当に最高です

Okay I gotta comment again, Kyo’s makeup is sick af!!!

待ってました、MV。 相変わらず素晴らしい芸術性に脱帽です。

新曲の度にワクワクさせてくれるDIRが好き

Kyo looks almost like Lime from Kizu in his “Strawberry Blue” look, even MV in same colors. I like it a lot👍

@barfyman-wn3id

25 күн бұрын

Same management

ジョン・ウェイン・ゲイシーをテーマにした楽曲かあ…… たまげたなあこりゃ

i now understand the concept of this mv.

@peekskillmclennan

27 күн бұрын

same!! From the teasers I was a bit worried but seeing it all come together I understand the use of AI and John Wayne gacey, dir en grey never fails to disappoint - but I do have to say I hope they don’t continue using AI constantly 😣

@DavPogo

27 күн бұрын

@@peekskillmclennan ai is not just background i think its the purpose of the song, the risk of use , i find this brillant dir en grey have already use AI on live to do OTOGI background in overseas lives

Soooo happy when new Diru drops 🔥🔥🔥

DIRの新曲は最初はとっつき難いかもしれんけど、一回ハマるとずっと聴いてしまう

ラナンキュラスが好きすぎて、これ以上好きな曲は出ないかもしれないと思ったけど 同じくらい好きな感じで死にそう 予感とか再構築してくれてありがたすぎる 僕みたいな新しめのファンには本当にありがたい

静かで激しい感じのメロディ部分もいいし 間奏の哀愁もいいよなぁ・・・

相変わらず世界観が凄い‼️

凄い、お見事です。この世界観を令和の世に平気で放てる実力。感服致します。

I love the feeling of excitement everytime a new song is coming out. I love that this band never disappoints. Great song💗

あぁ綺麗で格好良い

After all these years they keep delivering!! Amazing single, incredible visuals, they knocked it out of the park yet again! Thanks for the music 🫶

どこかUnraveling味を感じるかっこよさ。何より詩踏みくらいからの京さんのがなりボイスがどんどん板についてきてる。

すっと心に染み込んで毒で染め上げていくみたいなDirならではの格好良さ全然色褪せない。流石Dir

DIR EN GREYの映像技術は本当に凄い‼️

半端じゃない 愛しています DIR EN GREY! ❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘

唯一無二が進化していくー

Incredibly as always, DIR EN GREY!!!!

When dark music & metal have reached art mastery, you call it : Dir En Grey.

映像の狂気的な美しさはもちろんなんだけど、歌詞が何よりえぐい 希死念慮が加速する

MVのセンス…！

Great song!. Dir en grey forever🇯🇵🙌🏻. Greetings from Chile🇨🇱👍🏻

毎回、予想を上回る芸術アートと、ヘヴィで創造を超えるメロディ… カッコ良すぎです🦝💕

曲も素晴らしかったし、映像も衝撃的でした！

Bro that was insane. I love it

カッコ良すぎ！！PVの世界観も素晴らしい！！一生付いていきます！！

すごい歌詩やな👏 一生の後悔だ この人格で産まれた事が

聴き込んだらクソいい

Did we just enter the mind of somebody?

摩訶不思議なる崇高感☆

寝る前に観たら夢に出て来そうな。 ここまで『ピンク』が毒々しく表現されている映像はなかなか無いし、短編の映画みたいな濃厚さ。

@kitsune6701

26 күн бұрын

Baker Miller Pink......